Legal Opinion
Arthur M. Herman v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 3, 1989No. 88-2256PublishedCited by 152 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
A shift in political winds has wafted this case here. Mayor Jane Byrne appointed Arthur Herman in February 1981 as the Director of Field Operations at Chicago’s Department of Housing. Byrne lost her bid for re-election in April 1983. Harold Washington, the new mayor, posted Brenda Gaines to be Commissioner of Housing. Gaines reorganized the Department at the end of June 1984, abolishing Herman’s job (among other changes). Herman, formerly on the staff of Alderman Bernard L. Stone, an opponent of Mayor Washington, contends in this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that…
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